Vigilante

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Vigilante

R

Released Jan 12, 1983

1h 30m

Crime

Drama

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An outraged family man (Robert Forster) joins a co-worker's (Fred Williamson) vigilantes against a New York street gang.

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Dennis Schwartz

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A restrained film that has its entertaining moments.

Rated: B-

Jun 26, 2015

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Walter Chaw

Film Freak Central

There's a certain laudable doggedness in its creation, I guess

Rated: 1.5/4

Apr 15, 2011

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David Nusair

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A typically inept effort from William Lustig...

Rated: 1/4

Nov 5, 2010

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James Kendrick

Q Network Film Desk

jets past moral qualms and cuts right into our most feverish sense of righteousness

Rated: 2.5/4

Sep 22, 2010

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Emanuel Levy

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Rated: 2/5

Oct 1, 2005

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SpontaneousWeasel

While there is a fascinating and terrifying sense of reality to what is shown, the quality of acting, choreography, cinematography and soundtrack have aged poorly are functional at best and often times forgettable. Very little stood out from its contemporaries in this vastly over saturated genre.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

07/23/23

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brad p

Vigilante functions well as both a hard-hitting revenge picture and a portrait of a man dealing with extreme grief, though it mostly succeeds with the former.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

This is up there with the best Death Wish movies. A fun, gritty, pulpy action thriller, with an awesome score. I love the way Williamson is implemented into this, as a kind of Vigilante recruiter.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/11/21

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Audience Member

Vigilante is an entertaining non-stop action revenge thriller with two incredible independent actors.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

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Audience Member

Vigilante is absolutely the better version of Charles Bronson's Death Wish and it's really an entertaining grindhouse action film a true independent cult classic and with really outstanding cast by Fred Williamson and Robert Forster RIP.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/26/20

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Audience Member

A true cult classic gritty action thriller with two strong supporting cast and it's an artwork of Independent film.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/01/20

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Synopsis

An outraged family man (Robert Forster) joins a co-worker's (Fred Williamson) vigilantes against a New York street gang.

Director: William Lustig
Producer: Andrew W. Garroni, William Lustig
Production Co: Magnum Motion Pictures Inc.
Rating: R
Genre: Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 12, 1983, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 10, 2016
Runtime: 1h 30m
Sound Mix: Surround

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